A Prayer for Patience
For slow seasons and trying people — a prayer for the patience God grows.
Patience is a fruit, not a talent — it grows from the Spirit, usually in exactly the situations we would rather escape. This prayer welcomes the growing.
The prayer
Father, you know where my patience runs out — you have watched it happen today already, perhaps.
Grow in me what I cannot manufacture: the longsuffering that is fruit of your Spirit, not strain of my will.
Give me patience with the slow season I am in, patience with the people who try me — and mercy on me, patience with myself.
You have been unhurried and kind with me for years. Make me like you, one interrupted, inconvenient day at a time. Amen.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Fruit ripens slowly — even the fruit of patience. Give the growing time, and stay near the Vine.
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